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by bluthru 2930 days ago
Illegal immigration is a big problem that directly affects citizens, unlike the foreign interventionism in the Middle East. Do you really think 12.5+ million illegal immigrants isn't a big deal? The system isn't adequate if that many can get in.

https://www.fairus.org/issue/illegal-immigration/how-many-il...

>that somehow necessitates things like building a giant border wall

Do you want to tear down the existing walls? San Diego's seems like a success: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxhhjfiSy2Y

Walls are relatively cheap, dumb tech. A wall is potentially an investment: https://cis.org/Can-Border-Wall-Pay-Itself

>and enabling ICE, etc

So you don't want illegal immigrants to be removed? I don't understand.